GCC Youth and Sports Undersecretaries Set June 6 of Each Year As Date for Gulf Youth Day

40th meeting of GCC Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Youth and Sports Committee

The 40th meeting of GCC Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Youth and Sports Committee began on Friday in Doha.

The meeting of the Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Youth and Sports in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries comes in preparation for the 37th meeting of the Committee of Ministers of Youth and Sports in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which will be held on Saturday.

The meeting, chaired by Abdulrahman bin Muslim Al Dosari, Advisor to the Minister of Sports and Youth, and in which Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Youth and Sports in the GCC countries participated, and HE Khalid bin Ali bin Salim Al Sunaidi, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and Development Affairs of the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), witnessed the setting of June 6 of every year there is a date for organizing the Gulf Youth Day, besides discussing the most prominent points in this context.

The meeting also discussed a number of topics of common interest in the field of Gulf youth, most notably the structuring of the technical committees affiliated with the Committee of Ministers of Youth and Sports to comply with what was stated in the decision to establish the Ministerial Council in its 150th session.

They also discussed the future work plan of the Committee of Youth and Sports Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) for the years (2024-2030).

The meeting reviewed the General Secretariats proposal to create unified Gulf projects in the field of youth work, and to assign the Planning, Coordination and Follow-up Committee of the Strategic Plan to the Committee of Ministers of Youth and Sports in the Cooperation Countries to prepare the "Gulf Youth Development Index" and develop appropriate implementation plans for it in line with the developments of the current and future stage, and in line with the visions of the cooperation countries in the youth field.

In this regard, the vision for organizing a joint Gulf program in the field of humanitarian voluntary work for the year 2024, and the general framework of the Third Gulf Youth Forum, which is scheduled to be implemented during the year 2024, were also reviewed.

The meeting touched on the importance of strengthening international strategic partnerships and dialogues with countries and regional and international organizations in the youth field, and benefiting from the distinguished experiences and capabilities available to these countries in the field of youth in a way that serves the youth of the Gulf Cooperation countries, so that they acquire the experiences and skills necessary to achieve their hopes and aspirations.

The meeting approved the recommendations reached by the joint work teams in the youth field between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the Kingdom of Morocco through the meetings held during the year 2023, the recommendations and results of the work of the technical committees in the youth field, and the joint programmes, activities and events that will be organized by the Ministries of Youth and Sports.

It is to be noted the recommendations resulting from this meeting will be presented to the 37th meeting of the Committee of Ministers of Youth and Sports in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), Saturday, which will witness a ceremony honoring the category of executive leaders and the category of creative Gulf youth.

(QNA)